BBC Proms 2003

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BBC Proms
23rd August 2003 Season 57 Episode 21

The BBC Symphony Orchestra's chief conductor, Leonard Slatkin , lifts his baton in London's Royal Albert Hall to conduct a programme selected entirely from the rich repertoire of Russian orchestral music. Highlights include Sergei Prokofiev 's score for the ballet Romeo and Juliet, the dawn prelude to Musorgsky's epic opera Khovanshchina, and Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No 1, with exciting young German soloist Christian Tetzlaff. Introduced by Charles Hazlewood who, in the interval, is joined by special guests, including tonight's soloist Christian Tetzlaff and Shostakovich expert Elizabeth Wilson.

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Season 57 · Episode 22

BBC Proms 2003

Live coverage from London's Royal Albert Hall of Prom 54. Virtuoso conductor Mariss Jansons leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra through their second Prom, which forms part of his farewell European tour as the orchestra's Music Director. The programme opens with a rendition of Mendelssohn's richly lyrical Violin Concerto in E minor. Following the interval, the orchestra is joined by acclaimed Israeli-American violinist Gil Shaham for a performance of Mahler's titanic Symphony No 1. Prior to the second act, presenter Stephanie Hughes will be talking to both the soloist and the conductor.
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